Assistant Psychologist in Paediatrics | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	st georges nhs trust
Salary:	£34,186 - £37,389 p.a. pro rata inclusive of HCAS (Inner)
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, SW17 0QT
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	3 Aug 2026
Closing date:	2 Sept 2026

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Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic assistant psychologist to join our thriving psychology service.

This full time post sits within our large department and will provide a clinical psychology role to our specialties team, with a focus on supporting our paediatric sickle cell service, alongside the wider specialties and general outpatients team.

St Georges Hospital is one of London’s largest children’s hospitals, with one of only four paediatric trauma units in London. It also hosts the only paediatric intensive care unit in South West London. We are one of the top three centres for specialist paediatric surgery in London, and a centre of excellence in foetal medicine. Psychology plays a key role within children’s services; embedded within MDTs to deliver high quality evidence based and family integrated care.

The Paediatric Psychological Therapies Team is a large, friendly and expanding service. We consist of clinical psychologists, family therapists, mental health practitioners, assistant psychologists, trainees and administrators. Our service provides psychological support to both inpatient and outpatients, covering a wide range of specialties. There are many opportunities for CPD and a chance to develop your clinical skills.

For an informal discussion please contact Dr Jan-Sher Bhatti on 0208 725 2214.

• To enhance the provision of psychological health services to individuals with paediatric conditions (and their families / carers) as a member of the Paediatric Psychological Therapies Service. The role will focus on supporting our paediatric sickle cell service, alongside the wider specialties and general outpatients team.

• To provide psychological assessment / screening of children with specific health conditions, under the supervision of a qualified Practitioner Psychologist.

• To manage an independent workload following a plan agreed, under the supervision of a qualified Practitioner Psychologist, within the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures.

• To participate in the preparation and delivery of group education programs, under the supervision of a qualified Practitioner Psychologist.

• To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work in the Paediatric Psychological Therapies Service.

• To contribute towards the development of department clinical resources, leaflets, and workbooks.

The postholder is expected to have a clear understanding of how this post contributes to the achievement of the Trust vision of:

A thriving Foundation Trust at the heart of an integrated healthcare system. One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement.

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflects these.

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects that all staff will share in this commitment. The Trust is clear that all staff have a responsibility to be aware of children and adult safeguarding policies and procedures and that each member of staff, clinical and non-clinical, will attend child or adult safeguarding training that is provided at an appropriate level to suit their role. The Trust has the additional expectation that all staff will be able to identify concerns and know what action to take.

**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification**

** The vacancy may close earlier than the advised date, depending on the volume of applicants. We take equality of opportunity seriously and recognise that the speed of applications can be difficult for some. We try to strike a balance between allowing sufficient time for applications to be made, while also allowing shortlisting to be carried out in a fair way within the time available to clinicians on the team.**

This advert closes on Monday 17 Aug 2026

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